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Contents 1 What baseball league did Bo Jackson play in? 2 Need sources for this articles but otherwise great! 3 Corrected a mistake 4 uuuhhhh 5 Remember the time? 6 Didnt he make the pro bowl? 7 Video of Wall Run and Gunning Down Reynolds 8 YouTube links 9 His namesake 9.1 Vandalized 10 Anyone mind a do-over of this article?

[edit] What baseball league did Bo Jackson play in?

Since the article meantions what football league, for consistency it should state what baseball league, I think. KarenAnn 19:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Never mind. I figured it out KarenAnn 20:05, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need sources for this articles but otherwise great!

Need to reference where all this information came from e.g. stats, stories about Jackson's behavior need to be sourced. Otherwise, a great article -- people have put a lot of work writing it. I rearranged the material as a copy editor but didn't change any of it. KarenAnn 21:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Corrected a mistake

Changed this: "Born in Bessemer, Alabama, Jackson was named after Vincent "Bo" Edwards, a favorite actor of his mother's, and received his nickname when his brothers shortened the word "boar" - as in "wild boar.""

Removed the name "Bo" from the actor, Vincent Edwards' name as it was not "his" nickname. I am new here & hope this was done right. --HankRearden 13:43, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

You're right! Now that I think about it, he couldn't have gotten the nickname from his brothers if he was named after some called "Bo" to begin with. KarenAnn 22:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] uuuhhhh

so we all remember bo as a great athlete but this article makes him out as a sort of hercules. without citations the many anecdotes need to go. Justforasecond 04:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remember the time?

Anyone else remember the SI article about how Bo once picked up a (I think it was) 300-test-pound bow and arrow, aimed at the target, and bullseye'd on the first try? This man was hercules - guess Justforasecond is just too young to remember him!

[edit] Didnt he make the pro bowl?

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[edit] Video of Wall Run and Gunning Down Reynolds

I added a link to a YouTube video of Bo's infamous "Wall Run" as well as his nailing Harold Reynolds on the fly to the "External Links" section. Now we all have some video proof of Bo performing his unbelievable athletic feats! Gujuguy 05:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YouTube links

This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 05:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] His namesake

Is Bo Jackson named after Vincent Edward or Vincent Edwards? The only Edward that IMDB has a record of was in one episode of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1955) and nothing else. Edwards, on the other hand, acted in dozens of roles before Bo Jackson's birth, including "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1957), "The Untouchables" (1959), and the starring role in "Ben Casey"(1962-63) for seven episodes.--Anomaly 03:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

It's Edwards. Someone tried changing it back after screwing around with it but forgot the "s". I added a source proving it. - Ocatecir 04:11, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalized

The article has been vandalized with the "Bo Knows [Name not quoted] is a Fag section add. I'm just a guy reading the page , but I can see the last article edit was Feb 3rd at one o'clock in the morning, which sounds like a likely time for the change. Don't know the protocol for fixing, so I'll just note it here.

A Bo Fan 66.79.229.152 03:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anyone mind a do-over of this article?

I'm trying to find sources and rewrite stuff so that it'll flow better. Also, because we've a free use image, it'll be put to the top of the article. Any objections? --CRiyl 01:16, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, I don't time to review all of these articles right now, but these appear to come from reliable sources: CNN/SI's Heisman page, Description of Bo's famous catch while running up the outfield wall, and also some articles about Bo Jackson via FindArticles search

--CRiyl 03:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)